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Michael Clifford
SMick Clifford: Simon Harris threats highlight toxic abuse of politicians on social media
Donald Trump
EU-US trade statement stalled over wording on tech rules
The US and EU agreed to a deal in July that sees the bloc face 15% tariffs on most of its exports, though the US is still yet to lower the levies on cars to 15%

Sun, 17 Aug, 2025

Close Up of a Professional Office Specialist Working on Desktop Computer in Modern Technological Monitoring Control Room with Di
Ireland's 'skills revolution' is the key to mitigating US tariff impact
Technological change, globalisation, export tariffs, and Ireland's need for updated infrastructure have created an unprecedented disruption of our skills revolution

Sun, 10 Aug, 2025

Groundbreaking ammonia sensor developed at UCC
Groundbreaking ammonia sensor developed at UCC
The new sensor, which incorporates silicon nanowire, is compatible with existing technology and is simple to produce

Sat, 09 Aug, 2025

Siptu write to Stryker CEO with safety concerns after another fire at Cork plant
Siptu write to Stryker CEO with safety concerns after another fire at Cork plant
Siptu urges Stryker’s US-based CEO to step in after a fire at one of its Cork plants reignites safety concerns

Sat, 09 Aug, 2025

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Instrotec rescue plan approved
High Court approves Joe Walsh’s rescue plan for Westport-based Instrotec Ireland, which saves the jobs of 480 workers

Thu, 07 Aug, 2025

LipBu Tan was elected to Intels board of directors, effective Sept. 1, 2022.
Donald Trump urges 'conflicted' Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to resign immediately
The chipmaker had been awarded almost $8 billion from the Chips and Science Act for US investments, including a facility to supply the US military

Thu, 07 Aug, 2025

Cork video game studio urges greater backing after global success of 'Ready or Not'
Cork video game studio urges greater backing after global success of 'Ready or Not'
Cork’s Void Interactive is behind a global gaming hit — but warns that Ireland is failing to support the sector’s rise

Sat, 02 Aug, 2025

Nostalgia, fun, and FOMO: How Nintendo Switch 2 captured generational appeal 
Nostalgia, fun, and FOMO: How Nintendo Switch 2 captured generational appeal 
Smyths and Currys say Nintendo Switch 2 and Mario Kart World sold out within hours in Ireland and selling strongly now it's back in stock

Sat, 02 Aug, 2025

Video game developed in Cork sells 1m copies in four days to hit 10m sales worldwide
Video game developed in Cork sells 1m copies in four days to hit 10m sales worldwide
The first-person shooter game, 'Ready Or Not', is made by Cork-based Void Interactive

Mon, 28 Jul, 2025

Broken mobile phone
CaitrĂ­ona Redmond: What to do if you lose your mobile phone
Your mobile phone may hold all your personal information, would it be a disaster if it was lost to the ether?

Mon, 21 Jul, 2025

Colm O'Regan: Have you heard... slow news is good news
Colm O'Regan: Have you heard... slow news is good news
Research — by someone, somewhere — suggests that good news is good for mental health, improves mood, counters our amygdala’s assumption the world is full of bears, inspires you to take action, gives hope

Fri, 18 Jul, 2025

Depressed teenager sitting lonely
Richard Hogan: Teenage girls are the loneliest group in the world — how can we solve this?
When parents sit down with me and ask 'how do we get her off the phone?', the question I have for them is 'if she wasn’t on the phone what would she be doing?'

Thu, 17 Jul, 2025

Achill island coastal scenery
Colin Sheridan: Better late than never for Achill’s broadband lifeline
State has finally delivered on the promise of reliable fast broadband connectivity

Fri, 11 Jul, 2025

Wimbledon 2025 - Day Nine - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Wimbledon suffers another technology malfunction as ball wrongly called a fault
The call of ‘fault’, rather than ‘out’, and positioning of the ball suggested the system was still tracking Fritz’s serve as opposed to a rally.

Tue, 08 Jul, 2025

Wimbledon 2025 - Day Seven - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Wimbledon officials apologise after line-calling tech is turned off in error
The technology being unavailable led to a missed call at a crucial moment of the contest.

Sun, 06 Jul, 2025

Wimbledon 2025 - Day Seven - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova accuses officials of home bias after technology failure
A shot from Sonay Kartal that was clearly out was missed by the new electronic line-calling system.

Sun, 06 Jul, 2025

Engaged mom showing cute child girl how to use application
Colman Noctor: Digital safety needs a village, not an app
Parents need a balanced view between good and bad in tech

Tue, 24 Jun, 2025

Netherlands Social Media Kids
Donald Trump delays US TikTok ban again
Donald Trump has signed an executive order to keep TikTok running in the US for another 90 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership.

Thu, 19 Jun, 2025

Logo of the European Parliament at the facade of European Parliament building in Leopold Square. August 21, 2015 in Brussels, Be
EU overwhelmingly votes to criminalise AI-generated child sexual abuse material
It also covers offences related to livestreamed abuse, grooming, and sextortion

Tue, 17 Jun, 2025

Donald Trump,Elon Musk
Watchdog orders Elon Musk's X to clarify how it will protect children on its platform
The social media site, formerly known as Twitter, risks 'criminal liability' if it doesn't do so, says CoimisiĂșn na MeĂĄn

Tue, 17 Jun, 2025

Young mother and teen girl daughter sitting on sofa using laptop planning vacation
Colman Noctor: Digital literacy does not happen by accident
"It is shaped by environment, opportunity, and belief. When children believe their education is preparing them for the future, they become more engaged in their learning."

Tue, 17 Jun, 2025

Limerick mayoral election
Social media: Irish and French ministers press for Europe-wide age rule to protect children
Ireland's media minister Patrick O'Donovan and French digital affairs minister Clara Chappaz have called on the European Commission to enforce age verification 

Mon, 16 Jun, 2025

Whatsapp, Messenger, Telegram and other phone chat Apps on iPhone screen
WhatsApp to bring in ads in bid to monetise 1.5 billion users 
WhatsApp will also be rolling out Channel subscriptions where people can pay for “exclusive updates” from the people or companies they follow

Mon, 16 Jun, 2025

Online grooming crimes
Social media firms to be hauled before media minister
Calls grow for tech companies to introduce age verification for users

Sat, 14 Jun, 2025

Gen Z Student: Smartphones have replaced cameras, alarms, menus... and real-life conversation
Gen Z Student: Smartphones have replaced cameras, alarms, menus... and real-life conversation
I know I’m probably being dramatic about this. But I understand totally what people mean when they say technology has a tendency to make things worse

Fri, 13 Jun, 2025

Teenage Students Using Digital Devices On College Campus
No post-primary phone ban — but schools will be asked to help restrict their use
Primary schools will fully ban smartphones, while post-primary schools are asked to create tailored phone-free policies

Fri, 13 Jun, 2025

Enda Kenny visits US - day 5
US signals willingness to remove tech export restrictions with China
US stocks flipped between small gains and losses, and Chinese shares trading in Hong Kong entered a bull market as investors expressed hope the talks signalled a cooling of trade tensions

Mon, 09 Jun, 2025

TOPSHOT-US-TECHNOLOGY-INNOVATION-AMAZON
Amazon ‘testing humanoid robots to deliver packages’
Tech firm is building ‘humanoid park’ in US to try out robots, which could ‘spring out’ of its vans

Thu, 05 Jun, 2025

Close Up Of Person With Addiction To Online Gambling Or Shopping Using Credit Card And Mobile Phone
Sarah Harte: The Government has bottled it on gambling — our young people will pay
The watered-down Gambling Regulation Act, which still allows gambling companies to advertise and offer free bets, means thousands of people, many of them too young to understand what they are getting into, will pay a high price

Wed, 04 Jun, 2025

Bloom festival 2025
Taoiseach rejects 'housing vs data centres' energy claim by senior civil servant 
Department secretary general had said data centres had used up spare capacity in the energy grid and policymakers faced stark choices — 'is it housing or is it AI?'

Thu, 29 May, 2025

Opening of amazon fulfilment centre Baldonnel
Amazon says EU has singled out US companies in a discriminatory manner
Global Economic Summit hears that only seven companies must comply with Digital Services Act, none of which were European

Mon, 26 May, 2025

Microsoft-Layoffs
Microsoft laying off almost 3% of global workforce
The tech giant did not disclose the total number of lost jobs but it will amount to about 6,000 people

Tue, 13 May, 2025

Minister seeks to attract the 'best and brightest' US researchers frozen out by Trump
Minister seeks to attract the 'best and brightest' US researchers frozen out by Trump
US has become 'a cold place for free thinkers and talented researchers' said further and higher education minister James Lawless

Tue, 13 May, 2025

New Apple Products Go On Sale At Fifth Avenue Store
Apple weighs raising iPhone prices in new lineup, WSJ says
'The Wall Street Journal' reports that Apple is trying to avoid the perception of a link between price hikes and US tariffs on China

Mon, 12 May, 2025

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Maybe Big Tech isn't the problem — maybe it's humanity
We blame photoshopping and social sites for an increase in body dysmorphia, but I remember fad diets in the 1980s, pre-internet, writes Byddi Lee

Tue, 06 May, 2025

silhouette of depress woman standing in the dark with light shine behind
'We cannot continue to view child sexual abuse as something confined to the past... It is happening today'
90% of survey respondents believe society has failed to address child sexual abuse

Thu, 01 May, 2025

Web Summit dispute struck out at High Court
Web Summit dispute struck out at High Court
After the case was settled, founder Paddy Cosgrave said he was 'delighted' that two of his former friends would leave the company

Tue, 29 Apr, 2025

John Whelan: US strategic blind spot is Ireland's biggest worry 
John Whelan: US strategic blind spot is Ireland's biggest worry 
The omission of services from Donald Trump's calculations is not merely a technical quirk — it is a strategic blind spot, with damaging consequences for international trade and political stability

Mon, 28 Apr, 2025

Intel Plant in Collinstown Park, Leixlip Co. Kildare
Intel results to spotlight new CEO strategy
New CEO Lip-Bu Tan's job is complicated by an escalating US-China trade war

Tue, 22 Apr, 2025

Google-Antitrust Advertising
Google back in court to fight search monopoly case
The US would force Google to share the data underpinning its search results, Mr Schmidtlein said, which risks harming user privacy and unfairly penalises Google

Mon, 21 Apr, 2025

Belgium EU Norway Tariffs
EU will enforce digital rules 'fairly, proportionally, and without bias'
The EU's Digital Markets Act sets out a list of dos and don’ts for tech giants aimed at securing a level playing field and giving consumers more choices.

Mon, 21 Apr, 2025

Young girl playing Roblox on laptop computer
Risks to children playing Roblox 'deeply disturbing', say researchers
Gaming platform accused of ‘troubling disconnect between child-friendly appearance and reality’

Mon, 14 Apr, 2025

New Apple Products Go On Sale At Fifth Avenue Store
Apple avoids biggest crisis since covid with temporary tariff concession
White House policies are likely to shift again, and Apple may need to pursue more dramatic changes. At least for now, though, management is breathing a sigh of relief

Mon, 14 Apr, 2025

The mistake we made in the last economic crisis was not building infrastructure
The mistake we made in the last economic crisis was not building infrastructure
Why we need to double down on infrastructure expenditure and ensure Ireland remains attractive from a competitiveness perspective

Wed, 09 Apr, 2025

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